Mederville Bridge

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Mederville Bridge
Abandoned 1918 Mederville bridge.jpg
Mederville Bridge is located in Iowa
Mederville Bridge
LocationCounty road over the Volga River at Mederville
Coordinates42°45′49.1″N 91°25′17.6″W / 42.763639°N 91.421556°W / 42.763639; -91.421556Coordinates: 42°45′49.1″N 91°25′17.6″W / 42.763639°N 91.421556°W / 42.763639; -91.421556
Built1918
Built byF. E. Marsh and Company
ArchitectMarsh Engineering Company
Architectural styleConcrete open spandrel arch
MPSHighway Bridges of Iowa MPS
NRHP reference No.98000808[1]
Added to NRHPJune 25, 1998

The Mederville Bridge is a historic structure located in the unincorporated community of Mederville, Iowa, United States. It spans the Volga River for 156 feet (48 m). This is only one of a few open spandrel arch bridges constructed in Iowa.[2] Designed by the Marsh Engineering Company of Des Moines, it replaced a covered timber Howe truss bridge. Clayton County rejected all of the original bids to build the structure when they all came in too high. Six companies bid a second time on the project, and F. E. Marsh and Company of Des Moines won. They completed in the bridge in 1918 for $17,454.32.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1] On October 2, 2021, it was the site where Kelsey Bergan and Mark Schutte got married.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Fraser, Clayton B. "Mederville Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-01. with photos

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